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-rw-r--r--binutils/readelf.c31
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 25c2cce21ae..6bf6d5294cc 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ static bfd_boolean do_ctf = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean do_arch = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean do_notes = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean do_archive_index = FALSE;
-static bfd_boolean do_checks = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean check_all = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean is_32bit_elf = FALSE;
static bfd_boolean decompress_dumps = FALSE;
@@ -387,25 +386,6 @@ bfd_vmatoa (char *fmtch, bfd_vma value)
return ret;
}
-/* A version of the warn() function that is disabled if do_checks is not active. */
-
-void
-warn (const char *message, ...)
-{
- va_list args;
-
- if (!do_checks)
- return;
-
- /* Try to keep warning messages in sync with the program's normal output. */
- fflush (stdout);
-
- va_start (args, message);
- fprintf (stderr, _("%s: Warning: "), program_name);
- vfprintf (stderr, message, args);
- va_end (args);
-}
-
/* Retrieve NMEMB structures, each SIZE bytes long from FILEDATA starting at
OFFSET + the offset of the current archive member, if we are examining an
archive. Put the retrieved data into VAR, if it is not NULL. Otherwise
@@ -6378,21 +6358,22 @@ process_section_headers (Filedata * filedata)
case SHT_REL:
CHECK_ENTSIZE (section, i, Rel);
- if (section->sh_size == 0)
+ if (do_checks && section->sh_size == 0)
warn (_("Section '%s': zero-sized relocation section\n"), name);
break;
case SHT_RELA:
CHECK_ENTSIZE (section, i, Rela);
- if (section->sh_size == 0)
+ if (do_checks && section->sh_size == 0)
warn (_("Section '%s': zero-sized relocation section\n"), name);
break;
case SHT_NOTE:
case SHT_PROGBITS:
- if (section->sh_size == 0)
- /* This is not illegal according to the ELF standard, but
- it might be an indication that something is wrong. */
+ /* Having a zero sized section is not illegal according to the
+ ELF standard, but it might be an indication that something
+ is wrong. So issue a warning if we are running in lint mode. */
+ if (do_checks && section->sh_size == 0)
warn (_("Section '%s': has a size of zero - is this intended ?\n"), name);
break;